The newly hailed " James Brown Band " debuted at the Apollo Theater on April 24, 1959, opening for Little Willie John.

* First page of Willie Brown Biography

He associated himself with Delta blues musicians Charlie Patton and Willie Brown, often acting as a sideman.

He then moved to Lula, Mississippi, where he first met Charlie Patton and Willie Brown ( around this same time, he also met Robert Johnson ).

Willie Brown, mandolin player Fiddlin ' Joe Martin, and harmonica player Leroy Williams played with House on these recordings.

* Son House & The Great Delta Blues Singers ( With Willie Brown ,) Document Cd 5002

The Raiders also had 2 Pro Bowlers defensive backs: Willie Brown, who led the team with 7 interceptions, and Kent McCloughan, who had 2 interceptions.

Their defensive secondary was extremely hard hitting and talented, led by safeties Jack Tatum, George Atkinson, cornerback Skip Thomas and cornerback Willie Brown.

But on the next play, defensive back Willie Brown intercepted a pass intended for White and returned it 75 yards for a touchdown.

* March 20 – Willie Brown, Mayor of San Francisco, California

The group tried and failed to unseat Willie Brown, who was serving as Speaker of the Assembly of the California State Assembly at the time, by making a deal with assembly Republicans.

So were rugby internationals Kenny Logan, Allister Hogg and Alison McGrandles, jockey Willie Carson, and cricketer Dougie Brown.

In the 1986 film Crossroads, blues musicians Robert Johnson and Willie Brown sell their souls to a " Mr. Legba " at a Mississippi crossroads.

It is rare for the relationship between a character and an opposite-sex sidekick to lack romantic or sexual overtones of any kind — though there are examples, like Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin, and Encyclopedia Brown and Sally Kimball.

* Kevin Brown, Willie Greene, and Rondell White, professional baseball players, were all born in Milledgeville.

More than two hundred male and female Morgan State athletes have been inducted into the Morgan State University Hall of Fame including National Football League Hall of Famers Rosey Brown, Leroy Kelly and Willie Lanier, two-time Olympic Gold medalist George Rhoden, and the coach of the legendary Ten Bears lacrosse team Howard " Chip " Silverman.

* Yusef Komunyakaa, winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, was born James Willie Brown Jr. in Bogalusa, Louisiana ( April 29, 1947 ).

The Bite ' Em Back campaign also intended to recall then-Speaker of the Assembly Willie L. Brown, and then-President Pro Tem of the state Senate, David Roberti.

Robert L. Cochran, Laura Parker, Curtis Inabinett, Jr., Annie Brown, Harold T. " Buck " Dukes, Jr., Willie Gordan

These boats included the Old Settler, Irene, Willie, City of Shelton, Marian, Clara Brown, and S. G. Simpson.

James Brown, who early in his career had opened shows for John, recorded a tribute album, Thinking about Little Willie John ... and a Few Nice Things.

According to Dixon & Godrich ( 1981 ) and Leadbitter and Slaven ( 1968 ), Alan Lomax and the Library of Congress researchers did not record any Delta bluesmen ( or women ) prior to 1941, when he recorded Son House and Willie Brown near Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, and Muddy Waters at Stovall, Mississippi ; however, this claim is disputed as John and Alan Lomax did record Bukka White in 1939, Lead Belly in 1933 and most likely others.

"... and I saw another fella he put some records out, they ( him and Willie Brown ) be together, but he be by himself when I see him, they called him " Sugar "...

When the 18-team First Division was superseded by a new 10-team Premier League for the 1975 – 76 season, at which time they were managed by Willie McLean and his assistant Craig Brown ( who would become manager almost 35 years later ).

* 1975 – Willie Anderson, American football player

* April 25 – Willie Maley, Scottish football player and manager ( d. 1958 )

* March 20 – Willie Thrower, American football player

* Willie Smith ( American football coach ), 12th head college football coach for the North Carolina Central University Eagles

* Willie Smith ( American football ) ( born 1937 ), former American football player

* Willie Smith ( offensive tackle ) ( born 1986 ), American football offensive tackle

* Willie Gault ( born September 5, 1960 ) is a former American football wide receiver and Olympic athlete ; Gault played in the National Football League for 11 seasons for the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Raiders

He also has an earlier confrontation with Willie Beamen over the role of offense vs. defense in football ( which culminates with him cutting Beamen's Chevrolet Suburban in half with a circular saw during a party when fed up with Beamen's attitude ).

Sean " P. Diddy " Combs was cast as Willie Beamen, but dropped out amidst rumors he could not throw a football convincingly.

According to Cuba Gooding Jr., he met with Oliver Stone about playing the role of Willie Beamen but Stone turned Gooding down because he had already played a football player in Jerry Maguire ( 1996 ).

Although he was known as Bill throughout his football career, his name in the family was Willie, pronounced " Wullie ".

* Willie Irvine ( footballer born 1956 ) ( born 1956 ), Scottish association football player

* Willie Irvine ( footballer born 1963 ) ( born 1963 ), Scottish football player and manager

* Willie Davis ( defensive end ) ( born 1934 ), American football defensive end

* Willie Davis ( wide receiver ) ( born 1967 ), American football wide receiver

Philbin and UB's Willie Ross were the first two UB graduates to play on professional football championship teams in the United States: Ross with the 1964 AFL Champion Buffalo Bills ; and Philbin with the 1968 AFL Champion New York Jets, who also won that season's AFL-NFL World Championship Game ( Super Bowl III ).

* Willie Colon ( American football ), American football tackle

* Willie Boland ( born 1975 ), Irish professional football player

* Willie Miller ( American football ) ( born 1947 ), American football player

* Willie Miller ( born 1955 ), player, manager and director for Aberdeen F. C., player for Scotland national football team